About this role
Reports directly to the Physician supervisor and responsible for patient care responsibilities as assigned by Physician.
Key Responsibilities:
Medical Assistant/Clinician duties
- Patient care responsibilities as assigned, which may include scheduling and organizing patient flow, accompanying patients to exam/procedure room, assist patients with changing to exam gowns, and transfer to exam table if needed.
- Assess patients general condition and collect patient history.
- Document health history, activities, medication dispensed/prescribed, etc., in the medical record
- Provide basic patient care as ordered by physician and assist physician with various procedures.
- Provides patient education materials, communicates physician advice/instructions to patient.
- Cast and splint application and removal.
- Fit patients with braces, boots, other DME as ordered by physician
- Wound dressing changes
- Prepare injections
- Suture and staple removal
- Sterile tray set-ups
- Obtain lab/x-ray reports
- Schedule surgery, hospital procedures and pre- and post-op appointments
- Schedule MRI, CT scans, labs, etc.
- Schedule referrals to other physicians
- Clean and stock exam rooms
- Adheres to infection control/safety guidelines and confidentiality policies
- Compliance with HIPAA, OSHA and Red Flag Rules
Qualifications
Required Skills & Competencies:
- High school diploma or GED certificate
- LVN, CMA, CST preferred or equivalent experience - prefer current state license or national certification.
- Maintains current CPR certification
- Appropriate use of universal precautions, safe workplace and confidentiality methods.
- Health information management by appropriately charting patient data.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, cooperative work attitude toward co-employees, management, patients, visitors, outsourced companies and physicians
- Good planning and organizational skills to balance and prioritize work
- Accuracy, attention to detail, timeliness, organization, little supervision needed to complete tasks, and ability to multitask
- Understanding of patient education needs by effectively sharing information with patients and families.
- Dependability including traits such as attendance, punctuality, ability to follow instructions and ability to meet deadlines
Working Condition:
- Noise level: Moderate
- Traveling: Medical Assistant/clinician will need to travel between clinics to help cover patient care. This travel will not be reimbursed by the practice.
- Physical demands : Employee is regularly required to sit, talk or hear. The employee is also required to perform the following: standing, walking, using hands to finger handle or feel, bending, stooping, lifting up to 50# frequently and 70# occasionally, climb or balance, kneel, crouch or crawl.
- Vision requirement : Requires ability to perform close vision, peripheral vision, ability to adjust focus and spend up to 4-5 hrs in front of a computer.
- Possible exposure to communicable diseases, bodily fluids, medicinal preparations